Disk record and film record sound reproducer



Aug. 22, 1950 F., H. OWENS DISK RECORD AND FILM RECORD SOUND REPRODUCER Filed Aug. 6, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Invenlr Freeman H. Owens F. H. OWENS 2,519,597

Aug. 22, 1950 DISK RECORD AND FILM RECORD SOUND REPRODUCER- 3 Sheets-Shee't 2 Filed Aug. 6, 1943 Fa 0 a v Invenior' F$-e eman J-f. Oweivs 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 H. OWENS v DISK RECORD AND FILM RECORD souun REPRODUCER Filed Aug. 6,1943

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Patented Aug. 22, 1950 DISK RECORD AND RECORD SOUND REPRODUCIER Freeman H. Owens, New York, Y.

Application August 6, 1943, Serial No. 497,590

18 Claims.

1 V This invention relates to a sound reproducer and has special reference to the provision of a combined disc record and film record phonograph or sound reproducer, especially designed for home use.

The prime object of my present invention centers about the provision of a sound reproducing machine designed to be used for either the usual disc type of phonograph record or with a film type of sound record i. e., a film havin sound record photographically recorded thereon.

In carrying out this prime object, mm the main desideratum of the present. invention to provide a combined reproducing machine in which the disc record turntable and its drive and the film record operating mechanism and its optical system are combined in a most simple manner and for optimum usefulness and service.

The present application is a companion to my copending application Serial No. 494,605, filed July 14, 1943, now Patent No. 2,466,124, granted April 5, 1949, entitled Disc Record and Film Record Phonograph Reproducer. In that application is disclosed the general organization of the home reproducer of the present invention. This comprises a machine embodying a turntable for disc records, a support for a film record magazine, a common driving means for both the disc record and the film record, and an optical resimple'phonograph. When a filmrecord is to 'b'eplayed, it is desired to drive the film from which forms the particular objects of invention of the present application.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, my invention relates tojghe combined disc record and film record reproducing machine, the control and automatic cut-off mechanism therefor, and the elements thereof, as hereinafter more particularly described in the specification and sought to be defined in the claims. The specification is accompanied by drawings in which:

. Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the combined disc record and film record sound reproducer with parts broken away to better show the construction thereof; 7

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational View thereof;

Fig. 4 isa view shown on an enlarged scale of certain parts of the control and cut-off mechanism employed;

7 Fig. 5 is a view of the latter taken along the broken line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a wiring diagrammatic view explanatory of the control mechanism for the machine; and Fig. 7 is a View showing a switch member em- :ployed in the control mechanism and illustrating the three different positions of this switch member.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, the general organization of the parts of the machine may be first described, these parts being shown with greater particularity and in greater detail in my aforesaid copending application Serial No. 494,605, filed July 14, 1943. The sound reproducer comprises a disc record reproducer generally designated as A and a film record reproducer generally designated as B, arranged the motor and driving means used for the. disc record and at the same time to operate and control the optical reproducing system used with the power source such as the motor generally designated as C. The disc record reproducer A is designed along conventional lines to include the therebeneath, both operatable from the same 1 usual turntable t driven from the motor C as by film record. When a disc record is being played,

this optical reproducing system is held inoperative. It is also desired that when a film record reaches the end of its playing period that the drivingmeans be stopped and the optical reproducing system be cut off, and that these functions be accomplished without altering the operability of the machine for a subsequent selective disc record or film record'use. These and other desiderata are accomplished by a control arrangement and automatic ut-oft mechanism means of a rim driving mechanism 1' (see Fig. 1). The film record sound reproducer B is organized application.

. and film record reproducing machine offering all of the constructional and operational advantages described herein and in my aforesaid copending The disc record reproducer part of the combi- ,nation comprises a conventional form of turnltable t. The motor C, pendently supported by the supporting plate l6 by means of a motor a J bracket H! which may be adjustably (rotatably) mounted in the supporting stud (see Fig. 2) is connected to the turntable by means of the said rim driving mechanism r.

This rim driving mechanism preferably comprises a friction wheel 22 rotatably mounted on the free end of an arm 24 hinged at 25 in a stud bracket 28 fixed to the support IS, the said arm and the wheel 22 mounted therein being urged by the spring 30 to turntable rim engaging position, as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Fixedly attached to the wheel 22 or to its shaft 32 is the flanged wheel 34 the flanges of which are engaged by a wheel 36 which is keyed or otherwise fixed to the shaft 38 of the motor C. The motor C may be adjusted about itssup ort ing stud 26 to vary the engagement position of the wheel with the flanged wheel 34 to predetermine the speed of rotation of the turntable t. When the motor is-'=energized, the wheels 35, 34 '22 andthe' driven turntame rotate in the directions indicated *by the arrows in 'Fig. -l of' the drawings. This disc sound reproducer may be employed with any approvedtype of rprcdlicer.

l he essential pai tsof 'the film record some re irciizlucer comprise the operating mechanism 'for the s'ound record iilm and the optical "system the'refdr. Both the cpe'rating mechanism and the optical system are supported by the main supporting plate- 6 in Slibh'a way that the parts ietiuirdd to be -no'rmally accessible are located alcove tee -supportin plate 16 and 'thepa'rts not required to be normally accessiblefare located below the supporting plate l6, which l'e'tt'ter, together with the "supporting plate, are arranged so as to becapableof being housed in 'a *suitable casing "or cabinet. The main component parts 'cf thefilmrecord reproddcer'inaybe saidfto comprise the film magazine m containing the film rebornr, -a--driving r'neansf'for "the film record which includes a drive wl'ieelflwh'ich is peripherallyengaged by the film f (see particularly Fig. 1') and an opticalsystem 0 (see particularly Fig. 6) for translating the photographic sound redorblfbh "the mm into electrical pulsations for producing the audible response,'-thesai'doptical "s'ys ter'nb comprising an eiiciterpofticn E'iocated on one side of the film and a reproducer portion Rhona-ted "en the other side or *the film.

The magazine m, comprisingf'a split'or twopart casing having the top half 42 andthe bottom halfM, is providedfwithtwo-spools, i6 and '-"46' "(receivable in iegistering magazine openings), either spool ser'virr as'the'takeup or the supply sp'ool. Tn the'operation shown, spool 'is- 'the take-up spool and' s'pool iiofis the "supply spool cont'aininga film supply-reel d8. Mounte'din'the magazine isan amuse shaped guide 'arm 'pivotallyfniountedas at='52 behind a magazine jop'ening '54. The guide-arm 58 is provided at its opposite iends with 'the film guide rolls 56 "and58 (see Fig. l). The spools Jiiandfi are cored -an'dthusopen at'theiropposite ends (see Fig.*"5). Between the spools 46 and 36, the niagazi'ne m is provided with the registering openings 60"(see l). j This magazine is adaptedto be used with a film f having two longitudinal film records whereby the magazine inay be='useu without the necessity of 'rewinding the film. During the operation shown in the drawings, a film 1 moving in [the direction iniiicated by the'arrow (Fig. 1) is sup ued'rrom thes'upply'reel 14B and iswound or reeled on'the take-up spool' fli. During this operation, one-or the two longitudinally arranged records is played. When this is finished, the magazine m, after being removed from th machine, is turned over (so that the top half 32 is now at the bottom), the spool 4% now becoming the take-up spool, and the second longitudinally arranged record being now in a position to be reproduced. .As the film 1f is dra-wn in either case and thereby tensionedqoyth'e talic-up spool, 'it acts against the guide roller 56 to 'cause the guide arm 56 to move towards the drive wheel D to peripherally engage this drive wheel for driving'contact with the film f therebetween.

The means for propelling the film 1 comprises the said driving wheel D and a coupling member '62" movable "into engagement with the take-up spool ltliordriving the latter. The machine is so constructed that the magazine m may be moved into and out of operative position by simply sliding the magazine in a support provided therefor. when-tiie maganne is slid -into itsoperativeiposition, thedriving wheel-D enters -'-th'e magazine opening 5 and the filin-in'themagazine'is caused to be engaged qoetween the dri-vin'gwheel D and the elements of the guide arm 50. The coupling 'n'iefrlb'e'r '62 is then moved into the core "of the take-up -'='spoo1'=46 and thus into driving position 'as-shoWn-in FigB o-f the drawings. The support for themagazine compi isessimply the two central rails 5 1564 andthe two siderails 66,-'B6 fixed to the p1ate-sup ort i6. 'Whe'n' moved into its operative position, the magazine m is locked in such-position by means of the coupling meinber *6'2 and also by -me'ans *Of'a'part 8B of the optical system wh ich' is moved into the openings 1 6 0 (two "registering openings) in the magazine (see Fig. 1). The film driving wheel D comprises'a transparent glass aniiulus -whichisfixed or secured to the tufritabl'e spindle ill-and, therefore, is actuated thereby being rotated by and with the thr'n'table t. "This drive-wheel D functions as part nr-jthe' optical syste one the machine.

The exciter portion Eof the optical system comprises themea'nS for projectinga beam of 'lighttowards one-Side of the-film ffor transmis- "sion -throiigh' said film and the transparent drive 'wheel- D. This is shown schematically'in-Fig. 6 "of the drawings. Thiscomprises the source of-il lamination-'68, the condensing lens system 70, the -refiectors 12 and "1 3, all a'rranged in optical se- "quence. The' source =01? illumination or lamp ea :a'ndfth'e condensinglens '1!) are mounted in a *bracket 16 (seeFigs. 1 and 2) pendently secured 'to'thesuppolt f plate It. 'Intheoperative position depictedin thedrawings, light-is transmitted from the 1am'p"6 8"to and through the'film and the transparentdrive wheel D.

i The reproducing portion R of the opticalsystern Ofcom prises an optical 'mount82 Lpendently -secured"to t hesupporting plate i6 (see Figs. 2 and 3).- Within'thismou'nt82 isarr'anged the "reflector 9'8, the lens system 92, thereflecting sys- "tem 9 6 "and'thephoto ele'ctric cell 98 (see Fig. 6),

all arrangedin optical sequence. Therefore, light :pli iyingand'loud speaker s'ystem'generally shown in; Fig c of'the drawings.

Thetake-up spoolcoupling member 62 is con- "nectedto betdriven'from "the motor C by. means of "a coupling member "bearing W2 (see Fig. '3)

a shaft I04 connected 'toaflanged wheel H and af lexible connection or'shaft I08 uniting the bearing' I02 with the shaft I04. The flanged Wheel H0 is peripherally geared to a driving wheel II2 fixed to the shaft 32. By means of this gearing connection'the take-up wheel will be driven at the required reduced speed when the motor 0 is energized to rotate the turntable t andthe drivingwheelD. I e vertical movement of the coupling member '62 (as well as the reflector mount 80) into and; out of operative position (with relation to the magazine-m) isaccomplished by anynsuitable mechanism manually operable at a convenient lo-' cation. These are operated by moving a manually operable arm or handle Il4'mounted centrally on the 'supportIB between the onand off positions indicated in Fig. l of the drawings mechanism is associated, aswill be described hereinafter, with the switch controlling means of' the machine. a r j 'The handle I I4 operates a lever structure comprising the parallel levers H8 and H8 fulcrumed at their outer ends asat I24 to a supporting bracket I28 (see Fig.3), the inner ends being connected by means 015. pins I28 to the reflector mount .80 '(the details of this construction are best shown in my aforesaid copending applica; tion). The medial portions of these levers are connected by means of the pins I30 to the coupling bearing I02. When these levers H6 and II8 are moved (upwardly and downwardly) both thecoupling member 62 and the reflector mount 80 will be caused to ascend and descend as the case may be. These leversare actuatedby means of a lever ,I32 anchored or fulcrumed as 'at I38 to a bracket I38, the outer bifurcated ends I40 of this lever being received by anextension I42 of oneof the pins I30 extending from the mov able bearing I02. This lever I32 (and a companion lever) is provided medially with a pair of cam followers which cooperate with a rotatable cam member fixed to a shaft on which the handle I I4 is keyed (diagrammatically shown in Fig; 3 but best shown in my aforesaid copending application). Upon rotative movement of the handle I I4, theoperatijon of the cam causes the lever I32 to ascend and descend between limiting positions and in turn causes the parallelogrammatic lever system II 6 and I I 8 to operatethe, coupling member (as well as the reflector member).

1 By means of this recited construction, when it is desired to charge the machine with a film con-- taining magazine, the handle I I4 is moved to the off position if it is not already in that position; this moves the coupling member 62 (and the lens mount) to adescended position, permitting a film magazine 'm to be slid in its support into operative position. The'handle I I4 is then moved to the on position and thereby the coupling member 82 (and the reflector mount 80) is caused to ascend into the positions bestshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The coupling'member is thereby coupled to the take-up spool and the magazine m is thereby locked in operative position.

The control mechanism for this combined machine may be best understood by reference first to'the diagrammaticshowing of Fig. 6 of the drawings andthe positions of the switch member shown in Fig. 7. The common motor 0 is connected to the power lines I44 through a'mercury switch a, this being traced 'by the conductor I48 connected toone sideof the power'line at the board I50 to the mercury switch c,-conducto rs I52; motor" C, and conductors I54, I56 to the other side of thepower line. The mercury switch a is mounted on a support I58 oscillatable on a pivot I60 and connected by means of a link I62 to a plate I84 oscillatable about a pivot I66 provided with the on and ofi buttons I68 and I10. 'When' the button I68 is pushed, the support I58 is moved to the position shown in Fig. .6 to close the mercury switch and the motor circuit,

and when the button I10 is pushed, thejsupport circuit comprises the conductors I18, solenoid Il'2, conductor I80, switch I14 and conductors I82. By'closingthe switch I14 located at a remote point, the solenoid H2 is operated to move the mercury switch a tothe same position'to which it is moved by the on button I68.

It will be understood that by operating either the on button IE8 or the remote control switch I'I4, the motor circuit is energized for driving either a disc record or a film record. The film record is driven when a magazine has been placed in position. At that time the turntable will rotate and act as a fly wheel for the film drive; in the absence of a magazine the turntable alone will rotate for playing a disc record.

The lamp 68 ofthe exciter circuit E is connected to power byway of two separate mercury switches b and c, the switch 12- being fixed on the support I58, and the switch 0 being. fixed on an independent oscillatable support I84 oscillatable about the same pivot I68 about which the support I58 oscillates. The circuit for this comprises conductor I 88 connected to one side of the power line at the board I58, lamp 88, conductor I88, switch c, conductor I90, switch I), and conductor I92, to the other side of the power line. When the motor switch a is closed, the exciter switch b is also closed, but unless the exciter switch 0 is closed, the exciter circuit remains open. This exciter circuit is closed only when both switches b and c are closed.

I The -reproducer side of the optical system, namely, the photo-electric cell 98, is operated by way of a mercury switch 11 fixed to the oscillatable support I84. The circuit for this comprises the conductor I94 connected to one side of the line.

in Fig. 6 of the drawings to close the switches c and d.

The following operations are thus rendered possible: -When it is desired to play a disc record, only the push-button I88 (or the remote control switch I14) is operated. This puts on the motor circuit, As will be described below, the cut-ofi mechanism is left in such a positionas to permit thiszisimple'ioperationztoyztake place; Ifivitnis dec snemto "playcazfilmrreeord; 113116 1611111? magazine-is piace'd :intdntlieama'ohinee and the handlenl Mme. operated to :thee-foni positions Thiseefictskthe; closingfiof thetzswitchesraczaando Theirepmducea; cirenitifR is-' ;thi1s=.:'cldsed, but t ewexeitenicircuit Ei stillzzcemains opens; Thenothe: :onfi: button I 68: is-spushed thereby'lclosingethe:motOrbcircuitaiand completingqthe GXQltGIJBH'GIIitL. ThGSfiImiSS'dIiV emand ropticahreproductioni;efiecteda: Byqpushe r ingethefiofii: v buttorr; I '21 8;; this aoperationuoti the motor amtexciter:oirouitsFmambestoppedwatsany: peintza Thecrete'ntion imthatecase ofizthe reprodueer :circuitaRiidoes 'notrafiectirthe'nopetation:Of! themnaohinesr Whenvthmmagazineis =removed;z theeadditionaiswitcheswrand d;i,-of rcourse-yrhaver to bez 'openedi'firsti (toriunlockfthevmagazine and; theazrepro'ducen :oircuit- Bi issal'so atherebyziopened-i: Thns ithetecombined machineftnna'ysbe selectively; Operatedvmanually'itonstartt,a play tandzvstopa the; sameefor GithEIBIAdiSEiSFGGQZ'dDT a;fi1m:1:ecords.x.

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plate 212". iis =m 'ounted onthearockabl'e arm-92?. Whenthisidescrihed eironit is' olos'ed (positiohfid) thetsolenoimel this operated to open: switohes -a ands b-,=ethusideenergieingzthesmotor ciandthenexe. citer circuit Er.

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- shown in Eigxlrto positions indicated births dotted line 1 in thisfigure. -m0vement;-is em ployedffor-aetuating \the switch .member '2 08 The ilever-2 24 0f;this-switoh-member,is roekablee about a pivot 240. The forked end ofzthis lever samerintoaposition fdhmbvihgth switch meme bar into itsxflpositi one With this ,constructiom of the, parts', the fol lowing vfunctions and operations 1are-producible:1

When a. magazine is properly. placed in pa sition-in-the-machine, the rod 230ofthe actuator;

' is moved to the full line position shown-in'l ig, 1.

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The spring.252 operates on theleverZA''to cause theeswit'ch 208 to move to its position X shown inzFig rzfi.. As the filineisipaidlout, the rod; 23'!) moves inmthedirection shown bythefi arrow in. Fig; 4: Whenthe end of the filinis reach'eithe rod pinfiiflfengages the belllcrank 'lever '24'4 moving-Jthesamein the direction shown by. the arrows inlFi'g-.AQ- This causes the closing of the switch. circuit, thevswitchm imoving to the position shown inFfi'', thissb'einglits' position Y. The-:motor circuit is'. therelcw.v de'energized. Due to-the momentum of 'thepartslfand before the machinev comes to a stop, some more'of 'the'filin ispaidout the rodm'23'fle continues to move in- Switch" I 14.

For adjusting, for: the predetermined point at which the -switch-member 2M. assumes the closed or; Y" position Lprovide adjusting means for the switch 08k This is accomplished. by, mounting the member-5.22 3 and.226.by,means of "their-pivot pins 241]andifilll ima(platel 256', the p1ate"being7 anchored-Joyameans. of; thepin ZZiU'to the main plate Jfiwand ibeingwconnected at. its other end to airshaft zfiflrefixed to aflbutton '26'0Teccentric'a11y seated-4n the plate 1 6l and provided 7 with. a-ro-' tatab'le-la-djustingplate 262 f Alspringlfifi yieldablywmounts -the--p1ate.-2 56 on the shaft. '2 58 and the iadjusting ebuttonz 2fiv is he1d in an a adjusted position; by: means-0L the. (resilient element. 256. Adjustment-oh the button 252J moves. the. plate 256 which results-in inerementalli adjusting the arm 2Z6 -re1=ative to =the lever= 22 4. L

The; principles I of construction, athe mode of operationanob the: manifold functions v of the combined.=reproduceroftherpresent invention will in the main be fully apparent from the above detailededescription thereof; and itwill bef umther apparent that many: changes may 'bemade in the? constructiomthereofiwithout departing from tha -spirit? -o'f- -the rinventionzidefinedein the -fol- 1owing-f-claims:=-

Iiclaimr l I. Aediscwrecord- -a,nd=s-fi1mrecord sound. repnoducem in vcombination, a turntable for.- disc reoerds raeeupnort -for a filmmagazine; a, com-1 mon driving means for the turntable and its disc record and forthe film record, an optical reproducer system for the film record, an electrical circuit for the driving means, an electrical circuit for the optical reproducer system, manual means for selectively energizing said circuits either to drive the turntable and the film and to operate the reproducer system or to drive the turntable without operating the reproducer system, and automatic cut-off mechanism controlled by the film and operated by the end of the film for deenergizing said circuits to stop the drive of the turntable and the film and the optical reproduction of the film record.

2. A disc record and film record sound reproducer, in combination, a turntable for disc records, a support for a film magazine, a common driving means for the turntable and its disc rec- 0rd and for the film record, an optical reproducer system for the film record, an electrical circuit for the driving means, an electrical circuit :for the optical reproducer system, switch means for the driving means circuit, switch means for the reproducer system circuit, selective manual means for either operating both switch means to energize both circuits to drive the turntable and the film and to operate the reproducer system or for operating one of the switch means to drive the turntable without operating the reproducer system, and automatic cut-off mechanism controlled by the film and operated 'by the end of the film for operating both switch means for deenergizing both said circuits to stop the drive of the turntable and the film and the optical reproduction of the film record 3. In a disc record and film record sound rcproducer in which the disc record and the film record are drivable from a common motor, an electrical circuit for the motor, a switch means for the motor circuit, manual means for operating the switch means, and automatic cut-oil mechanism operated only when a film record is being driven for operating the switch means to deenergize the motor circuit, said cut-off mechanismbeing connected so as to be controlled by the film and. operated when the film reaches the end of its playing period. c i

i. In a disc record and film record sound reproducer in which the disc record and the film record are drivable from a common motor, an electrical circuit for the motor, a switch means for. the motor circuit, manual means for operating the switch means, and automatic cutofi mechanism operated only when a film record is being driven for operating the switch means to deenergize the motor circuit, said cut-oil mechanism comprising a normally inoperative switch member and an actuator therefor, said actuator being positionable by engagement with the supply reel of said film record and being movable to an inoperative position by the supply reel when the film recordis placed into the reproducer, to an operative position to actuate the switch member when the supply reel is depleted and to an inoperative position when the film record is removed from the reproducer.

5. In a disc record and film record sound reproducer in which the disc record and the film record drivable from a common motor, an electrical circuit for the motor, a switch means for the motor circuit, manual means for operating the switch means, and automatic cut-oil mechanism. operated only when a film record is being driven for operating the switch means to deenergize the motor circuit, said cut-vii mechanism azine and a driving means for the film record,

an automatic cut-oii mechanism operated by the film record for stopping the driving means comprising a normally inoperative switch member and an actuator therefor and operatively connected thereto, said actuator being automatically positionable by engagement with the supply reel of said film record, said actuator being movable from a normally inoperative position to another inoperative position by the supply reel engaging the same when the film record is placed into the reproducer and being then movable first to an operative position to actuate said switch member as the reel is depleted and then to its normal inoperative position after the switch member has been actuated.

'7. In a film record sound reproducer, in combination with a magazine, a film record in the magazine and a driving means for the film record, a switch means for the driving means, manual means for operating the switch means, an electromagnetic circuit for rendering the switch means inoperative and an automatic cut-off mechanism operated by the film record for operating the electromagnetic circuit, said cut-01f mechanism comprising a normally inoperative switch member and an actuator therefor and operatively connected thereto, said actuator being automatically positionable by engagement with the supply reel of said film record, said actuator being movable from a normally inoperative position to another inoperative position by the supply reel engaging the same when the film record is placed into the reproducer and being then movable first to an operative position to actuate said switch member as the reel is depleted and then i to its normal inoperative position after the switch member has been actuated.

8. In a film record sound reproducer, in combination with a magazine, a film record in the magazine and a driving means for the film rec- 0rd, an automatic cut-off mechanism operated by the film record for stopping the driving means comprising a normally inoperative switch member and a linearly movable actuator therefor and operatively connected thereto, said actuator being automatically positionable by engagement with the supply reel of said film record, said actuator being movable from a normally inoperative position to another inoperative position by the supply reel engaging the same when the film record is placed into the reproducer and being then movable reversely first to an operative position to actuate said switch member as the reel is depleted and then to its normal inoperative position after the switch member has been actuated and when the magazine is removed from the reproducer.

9. In a disc record and film record sound reproducer, a motor common to the drive of the disc record and film record, a reproducer system for the film record, first switch means for the 1 191 01, manual means ior operating said first switch means, Second switch means for the reproducer system, manual means for operating said first switch means, said manual means being selectively operative to drive the motor with or without energizing the reproducer system for the film record, and automatic cut-off mechanism controlled by the film record for moving both switch means to an inoperative position.

10. In a disc record and film record sound reproducer, a motor common to the drive of the disc record. and film record, a reproducer system for the film record, first switch means for the motor, manual means for operating said first switch means, second means for the reproducer system, manual means for operating said second switch means, said manual means being selectively operative to drive the motor with or without energizing the reproducer system for the film record, and automatic cut-off mechanism controlled by the film record for moving both switch means to an inoperative position, said mechanism being normally in an inoperative position.

11. A film record sound reproducer comprising a frame, a supply reel positionable in said frame, a film record on said supply reel and adapted to be unwound therefrom, a driving means operatively connectable to said film record so as to unwind the-same from said supply reel, and an automatic cut-ofi mechanism on said frame operated by the film-record for stopping the driving means, said cut-off mechanism comprising a switch member on said frameand an actuator on said frame operatively connected to said switch member and movable sequentially between three positions with respect to said switch member, a first inoperative position in which said switch is not actuated, an operative position in which said switch is actuated, and a second inoperative position in which said switch is not actuated, said actuator being engaged with the film record on said supply reel and positioned thereby in said first inoperative-position when said supply reel is placed in the reproducer and then, as the film record is unwound from said supply reel, being moved through engagement with said film recrd first to its operative position to actuate said switch member and then to its second inoperative position after said'switch member has been actuated.

12. The film record sound reproducer of claim 11, in which said actuatoris normall in its second inoperative position, and in which it is moved from said second inoperative position to said first inoperative position by engagement with the film record on said supply reel when said supply reel is placed in the reproducer.

13; The filmrecord sound reproducer of claim 11, in which said switch member comprises a pair of contacts and a bridging plate relatively articulately mounted, and in which said actuator is operatively connected to switch member so as to cause relativemotion between said con tacts and said plate so that said plate bridges and connects both of said contacts only when said actuator is in its'operative position.

14. The film record sound reproducer of claim 11, in which said switch member comprises a first arm carrying a contact and aseco-nd arm carrying a cooperating contact, said arms being relatively movable between an actuated position which said contacts operatively engage and an inoperative position in which said contacts do not operatively engage, and in which said'actuator 1s operativelyconnected to one Of said ar 1 2 so as to move it to actuated position only when said actuator is in its operative position.

15. The film record sound reproducer of claim 11, in which said switch member comprises first and second pivotal armsspring urged toward one another, one of said arms carrying a pair of separated contacts and the other arm carrying a bridging plate engageable with one or both of said contacts depending upon the relative positions of said arms, and in which said actuator is operativel connected to one of said arms'so as to pivot it, as. said actuatcr is'moved. from its first'inoperative position through its operative position to its second inoperative position, so that said bridging plate engage one, both, and the other of said contacts respectively.

16. A film record sound reproducer comprising a frame, a magazine: positionable thereon inan operative position, a supply reel in said magazine, a film record on said supply reel and adapted to be unwound therefrom, a driving means operatively connectable' to said film' record so as to unwind th same from said supply reel, and an automatic; cut-ofi' mechanism on'said frame operated by the film record forstopping the driving means, said cut-off mechanism comprising a switch member on said frame and an actuator on said frame operatively connected to said switch member and movable sequentially between three positions with respect to said switch member, a first inoperative position in which said switch is not actuated, an operative position in which said switch is actuated, and a second inoperative position in which said switch is not actuated, said actuator being engaged with the film record on said supply reel and positioned thereby in said first inoperative position when the magazine is placed in the reproducer and then, as the film record is unwound from said supply reel, being moved through engagement with said film record first to said operative position to actuate said switch member and then to said second inoperative position after said switch member has been actuated.

17. In the film record sound reproducer of claim 11, a switch means for the driving means,

manual means for operating said switch means, and an electromagnetic circuit for rendering the switch means inoperative, said cut-ofi mechanism operating said electromagnetic circuit.

18. The film record sound reproducer of claim 11, in which said actuator is linearly movable in one direction from its secondinoperative position to its first inoperative position when said film. record is placed in the reproducer and is then linearly movable reversely first to its operative position to actuate the switch member and then to its second inoperative position after the switch member has been actuated and when the film record is removed from the reproducer.

FREEMAN H. OWENS.

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